slice2rb(1)

💖 slice2rb — the Slice-to-Ruby compiler 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because this is the manual page for slice2rb(1) from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, huge main character energy." ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

slice2rb — the Slice to Ruby compiler. no cap, that's literally it. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

slice2rb [options] [files]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

slice2rb compiles Slice files to Ruby. the macro __SLICE2RB__ gets defined while this compilation is happening, so like, your Slice code knows it's being fed to the Ruby compiler. periodt. 👑

full documentation for slice2rb is available online at:

https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/language-mappings/ruby-mapping/client-side-slice-to-ruby-mapping/code-generation-in-ruby

(go read it, i'm not gatekeeping 💜)

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help — displays a help message. your "wait what does this do" bestie. 🙈
• -v, --version — displays the compiler version. vibe check the compiler. ⭐
• -DNAME — defines the preprocessor symbol NAME.
• -DNAME=DEF — defines the preprocessor symbol NAME with the value DEF. (yes, with the equals sign, exactly like that 💅)
• -UNAME — undefines the preprocessor symbol NAME. not me undefining things 😭
• -IDIR — add the directory DIR to the search path for #include directives. it's giving "where do i find my friends" energy 🫶
• -E — print the preprocessor output on stdout. no compiling, just showing receipts. 🍓
• --output-dir DIR — place the generated files into directory DIR. put your babies somewhere nice. 🎀
• -d, --debug — print debug information showing the operation of the Slice parser. it's the parser narrating its own life. iconic. 🔥
• --depend — print dependency information to standard output by default, or to the file specified by the --depend-file option. no code is generated when this option is specified. like, zero code. don't be surprised. 💀
• --depend-xml — print dependency information in XML format to standard output by default, or to the file specified by the --depend-file option. no code is generated when this option is specified. same deal, different format. ✨
• --depend-file FILE — directs dependency information to the specified file. the output format depends on whether --depend or --depend-xml is also specified. so like, this one's the chauffeur, not the destination. 🚗
• --all — generate code for all Slice definitions, including those from included files. everything. all of it. the whole buffet. 👑
• --checksum CLASS — generate checksums for Slice definitions. slay, verified. ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

slice2cpp(1), slice2cs(1), slice2java(1), slice2js(1), slice2matlab(1), slice2objc(1), slice2php(1), slice2py(1)

(the whole compiler family reunion, iykyk 🧚)

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okay that's the whole page bestie, every single flag accounted for, nothing skipped, nothing invented. this one lives in the General Commands Manual as slice2rb(1) — that's the manual name and the source, right there at the bottom of the page with no date attached, so that's your sign-off. go compile something cute. 💖✨🦋